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EDWARD P. BULLARD,JR., STRATFORD, CONNECTICT, ASSIGNOR TO THE .'BULII'ARD t MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, OF 13.28.11)GEIIEOIRT; CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF coNNEcTicUT.

Toon-SLIDE vticularly that type of machine' tools which include a rotatable carrier, having one or more rotary work tables, and one ormore tool slide mechanisms related to the respectivework tables, and adapted to move into and out of relation to the work and to oper-l ate thereon automatically,

An bject of the invention is to provide tool slides-adapted to haveverticalland horizontal movement imparted thereto `from a single source of power, and further to proi' vide. for the independent adjustment ofthe `l lslides relatively to the work, to the end that the machine may be. adapted to work u on plie'ces ofditerent horizontal and vertical imensions, and of various shapes.

A vfurther 1object is to provide means whereby the relative extent and speed of the vertical and horizontal slides maybe adjusted' and regulated', -as desired. A still further objjec't is 'to provide means whereby the slides ma be reciprocated in either direc'- tion relatlve to each other, that is, the her1- zontal Aslide may be made to either move to the right orthe left durin the downward movement of the vertical s ide, or in either direction during the upward movement.

It is also an objectto provide. a. machine which is practical, efficient, and durable, and

' which will insure uniform and accurate work. v

With the above'and Aother objects in ,-view,

- anembodiment of the invention isshown in the accompanyin bodiment will be ereinaftermore fully de-l scribed with reference thereto, and the in,- `vention will befin'ally pointed out in the claims. l y Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral igures of thedrawings.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a-perspective view oa machine of the type. known in the trade as a Con- 4tin-U-lllatic, in which to'ol slide mechanism according to the present embodiment of the invention, is incorporated;

Fig. 2 is affront and side elevation on an enlarged scale of the tool slide mechanisms -mountedupon the column and showing the work tables in relation therewith;

Fig.e3 is' a horizontal sectional view taken drawings, and this em appear.

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Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken Y along the line 4-4of Fig. 2;

Fig..5 is a diagrammatic view showing the" gear arrangement for the tool slide; and

Fig. 6 is a view part-ly in section and with parts broken away, showing the locking and 'rfeeasin mechanism employed for reciprocating t e tool slide mounting saddle.

Re erring particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the vmachine tool inwhich the present embodiment',l of the invention is incorporated comprises a base 10, .having a central pedestal 11 upon'l the upper end of whichl a work table -driving motor l12 is mounted, and a turret type carrier. 13 rotatably mounted on' the base. and' pedestal and carrylng a plurality (fouras shown) of rotary work tables 14,'these tables adapted to be rotated through suitable-shafts and gearing (not shown) from the motor 12, while the carrier is rotated by suitable motor driven means (not shown) independently of the rotation of the work tables. The carriermay either be rotated continuously or intermittent] the machine illustrated being 80 of the Cont1n-U-Maticior continuously' ro.- ltating carrier type.-

At theupper end of the pedestal and .above the carrier a continuous circumferen-v tial cam 15 is provided, and is adapted as the carrier rotates to operate the vseveral tool slide mechanisms belng mounted on the car- -rier in relation to the several work tables.'

The tool* slide mechanisms' (four in the present embodiment). are of identical construction, so that only one willbe described in detail. Upon the column 16 of the carrior, which surrounds thel pedestal 11 there -a'rezprov'ided vertical ways 17 and 18 (Fig. '3) in which the vertical slide ribs 19 and 20, bolted to the saddle 21 are engaged and held by ibs 22 .and 23 respectively. The saddle is a ated to be reciprocated vertically to a limite extent to bring the tool slides into relation with the work upon the work tables, 10o

whereupon the, tool slides are-l independently reciprocated upon the saddle to operate uponfthe work, as will hereinafter more .fully The saddle is and at one side o the center with a vertical slide way 24 in which the4 vertically reciprocating tool supporting slide, consisting y "of a front plate 25 and a rear plate 26 boltedJ thereto, is held by retaining gibs'27 llo fprovided. at its front-face and 28 screwed into the saddle, and engaged in recessesv 29 and 30 at the sides of the front plate 25.

At the other side of the center andalso upon the front face of the saddle there is provided'a slide way 31 in which the horizontally reciprocating tool supporting slide, comprising a rontplate 32 and a rear plate 33, bolted thereto, is heldb gibs 34 and 35 screwed tothe saddle an engaging recesses 36 and 37 in the upper and lower sides i of the plate 32. .v-Tools 38 and 39' are prof vided upon suitable 'plates which are atwork bein ing operated through the cam 15 and meshing with the racks, as will presently be more full f described, the tool slidesiare re'- ciprocate A The saddle 21 is provided at its rear side "and centrally with a vertical slideway 42 in which a` vertical slide rod 43 is mounted for vertical reciprocation, ,this rod being provided at one side with rack teeth 44. l At its upper end there is .provided a vertical slot 4 5 in which there .is adjustably mounted a stud member 46 provided with a roller 47 engaging -the cam groove 15, the stud being vadjustable by means of a vertical screw 48 enga ing the same within the slot and jour- 1 nale at theupper end of the rod where it may be turnedby a suitable wrench. The stud is fixed in its adjusted position by means of a nut 49 provided on a. threaded extension 50 thereof and bearing upon `a plate 51 engaged with the slide rod 43 and moving therewith in the slideway 42. A collar 52 and washer 53 are interposed'between the nut and plate,the collar moving in a vertical guide passage 54 of the saddle, while the washer slidably. engages the forward surface of the saddle at each side of the guide passage. The plate 51 is provided with a vertical slot 55 engaged by a studbolt 56- screwed'into the rod beneath the slot'45 thereof, and having its head disposed in the guide passage 54. The relative position of the roller 47with respect to the cam and rod may thus be adjusted, as desired.

The saddle is provided at one side of the slide way 42 with a pocket 57 in which Vare disposed inte al gears 58 `and-59 having a common sha t or spindle 60 journaled in V*suitable bearings formed in 'the saddle, the

ear 58 meshin with the rack teeth 44 of t e rod 43, whi e the gear 59 meshes with' the lower teeth 61 of a horizontal rack memment to the rack member.

The rack member is provlded along lts upper edge with rack teeth 64 which mesh ber 62 supported in a slide-way 63, so that vertical reciprocatory movementof the-rod 43 imparts horizontal Areciprocatory movew1th and drivegears 65 and 66, Figs'. 3and l '4, disposed in suitable pockets 67 and 68 ofthe saddle, and adapted to respectively drive the vertical and horizontal tool slides. -The gear 65 is ke ed upon a spindle- 69 disposed in a forwar ly projecting bearing boss 7() `formed upon the cover plate 71 bolted to the saddle and closing the pocket 67, said spindle being provided adjacentthe gear 65 with an annular beveled shoulder 72 engaged by an annular beveled recess 73 provided in the :face of al gear74 provided on the spin# dle and mesh-ing with the rack teeth 40 of the vertical tool slide. The gear 74 is provided with an elongated sleeve 7 5 surrounding the spindle 69- and having bearing in theboss 70, its forward end projecting be ond the boss and having a retaining collar 6 secured thereon. lThe end of the sleeve is provided with teeth or serrations 77 which are engaged by the toothed end 78 of a' co1- lar 79 slidably keyed upon the end of the spindle and held in engagement with the teeth 7,7 by means of a nut 80 screwed-upon the endof the spindle, to thereby lock the spindle and, sleeve and tightly'engage the beveled shoulder 72 with vthe beveled recess 73. In this'tightened relation the gears 65 of the gear 65 to permit of independent adustment of the tool slide, the nut 80 is acked of to disengage the teeth 77 and 78 and loosen the relation between the beveled shoulder 72 and recess 73, and thereupon a crank handle 81, indicated in dotted'lines in Fig. 2, is engaged with the collar 76, which is providedvwith notches 82 for this purpose, with which teeth on the crank handle engage, and by turning the crank in one or the other directions the vertical Vtool slide is adjusted up or down, as desired, the nut 80 being tightened to fix the `relation when the proper'adjustment is made.

The ear66 for driving the horizontal tool lsli e is mounted on a spindle 83 journaled inthe bearin portion 8 4 of a'cover plate 85-bolted to ie saddle, said portion '84 having a gear box 86 formed inte rally therewith, within. which a gear 87 is upon the end of the spindle 83. The bearing portion 84 has also journaled therein a splndle 88 provided .at-its forward end with a gear 89 meshing with the gear 87, and pro-l vided at its inner end with a gear 90 meshing with the rack teeth 41 of the horizontal tool slide.

eyed v and 74 rotate as a. unit and the reciprocatory. 10"

1 the spindles 83 and v88, so as to The. gears 87 and 89 are slidably keyed to e readily removable therefrom' upon removal,V of the cover plate 91 of the gear box, and permitting substitution ofgears of dierent raltios, for the obvious purpose of changing the relat-ive speed of movement of the tool slide, as desired.

The spindle 88 is provided with a squared` in Fig. 2, the reciprocation of the rackv 62 to the ri ht imparts horizontal movement to the sli e in the opposite direction. In order to reverse this relation gears 87a and 89a are engaged upon the spindles 87 and '88 with the teeth out of mesh, as shown in Fig.

5,`and an idler'gear 93 is mounted on a stud 94 provided within the gear box between said gears, and meshing therewith, so -that the tool slide reciprocates in a reverse direction to that as above referred to, or in the same direction as the rack. In this manner the horizontal slide may be made to reciprocate in either direction, as desired, as the vertical tool slide-is reciprocated either up or down. y

As before pointed out the initial reciprov catory movement of the rod 43 is also im partedl to the saddle to bring thevtools into and out of operative relation with the work,

and thereupon the saddle remains stationary and the continued reciprocation of the rod imparts movement to the tool slides through.

the gear mechanism. For this purpose .a mechanism is provided which locks the bar 43 to the saddle during the initial reciprocatory movement and releases it at a predetermined point, whereupon it functions to operate the tool slides. A mechanism of this character is disclosed and claimed in my U. S. Patent :,t,l:1,382,339.1 As incorporated in the present invention, it comprises in part a locking pin 95 that is engaged by the rack rod 43, and other means for automatically operatin the same at predetermined times.

This loc ing pin is mounted in part in a.

' pocket 96 of the saddle 21, and in which'is vals also provided a spring 97 that acts upon the pin to force the same outward. The' other end portion of the pin is operatively mounted in a bracket 98 which is secured to the inner face of the saddle said pin being provided with notch 99 in its side portion to be engaged by the detent 100 that is slidably mounted in a vertical pocket of thel lower part of the same bracket 98. This detent is yieldably held in engagement with the in by means of a spring 101 and is provi ed with a pocket 102 into which one end of a trip lever 103 extends and whereby the -detent isdisengaged from the locking pin to free `the same when the said lever engages as to more positlvely control the position and operation of the lookin pin. In this connection itwill be seen t at during the feeding operations the tendency of the rack is to bear upon the pin so long'as the latter is locked by the detent. Therack `and the tool slide operating gears meshing therewith are therefore held against independent movement and becomefixed so as to be locked to the saddle. vertical movement of the saddle and tool slides downward until the -free end of the lever 103 engages the stop 104'which action causes the withdrawal of the detent and allows the locking pin to be vshoved overby the action of the' spring 9 7 and the rack, into the pocket 113 of the stop bar 105 as shown in Fig. 6. This releasement of the lock pin arrests further combined movement of the slide rod and saddle and now permits the rod to be independently fed downwardly its ooket 113 at various heights from the wor table and so as to stop the downward feed at any desired point 4and throw in the independent tool slide feed. This stop bar is suspended upon an adustable screw 114 that is slidably mounted in a bearin 115 secured to the face of the column, an provided Within a cut-out 116 with van adjusting nut 117 lfixed against longitudinal movement. The outer surface of the nut 117 is toothed and is meshed by the toothed end of a rotatable key member 118 journalld in the bearin 115, and adapted to be enga red by a suita le 'wrench to adjust the stop ar up or down, as desired, a lock nut 119 engaged upon the upperend of the screw 114 adapted to ix it i-n adjusted position. From this construction it will be understood that This condition insures 4the the lower the position of the stop bar, the

withdrawn from engagement with the pocket 113 by this action, andthereupon the rack andsaddle move upwardly together.

\- I have illustrated and described a preerred and satisfactory embodiment of the invention, but it willbe obvious that changes may be made therein, within the spirit and sflzope'thereof, as deined in the appended c aims. v

"Having thus described my invention, what.'

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1; In a tool slide mechanism, -a support, a pair of tool slides mounted on said sup port and adapted to have` angular movement with respect to each other, a common drive means, gear means .between said common drive means and one of said slides, gear means between said first gear means and said other slide, and means for manually lconnecting and disconnecting said gear means, whereby said slides may be l manually \reciprocated independently "of other.

each other.

2. In a tool slide mechanism, a support,

3.y In a- `tool slide mechanism, a support,

`a tool slide mounted to reciprocate on said support, land provided with a rack, a reciprocating rack member mounted on said support, a gear adapted to be rotated by said rack member, a gear meshing with sa1d-tool slide rack, and means for releasablyconnecting said gears to permit adjustment Voit vthe tool slide independently of the rack member.

4. In a tool slide, mechanism, a support, a tool slide mounted to reciprocate on said support and provided with a rack, a reciprocating rack member onl said support, a gear adapted to be rotated b said rack member and having a spin le,I a gear mounted on said spindle and meshing with said tool sliderack, and means whereby said last gearmay be made fast or looseon said spindle.

5. In a tool slide mechanism, a support, a tool slide mounted to-reciprocate on said support and provided with a rack, a recip-v rocating rack member on said support, a gear adapted to lbe rotated b said.rack member and having `a spin le, a gear mounted-on said spindle and meshing with said tool slide rack, means whereby saidl last gear may be made Afast or vloose on said spindle, and manually 'i erable means" fori? rotating said last gear w en loose to recip. l

rocate said slide independently of said'rack member. l Y 6. In a tool 'slideL mechanism, a support,

cally, asecond tool slide mounted'to recipa vtoolslide mounted to reciprocate vertirocate horizontally, a' lreciprocating rack Y member, a pair ofgear adapted vto be driven thereby, one for each slide, and gearin be` tween said pair of gear and the tool s 'desfadapted to ermit adjustment of said slides' independent y of said first gears and of each other.

7. In a tool slide mechanism, -a support,

a pair of tool slides mounted to. reciprocate thereon, a reciprocating rack member a pair of gears adapted to bet drivenjfthereb one for each slide, and change gearing-bef tween one of saidl gears. and 'onefoffthe slides permitting the speed ratio 'to" lbe changed relativelyto the other Slide.gif.l

8. In a tool slide mechanism,y a support,

a pair'ot tool slides mounted toreciprocate thereon, a reciprocating rack member, a

pair of gears adapted to be driven thereby,

one `for each slide, and change gearing between one of said gears and one of said slides permitting reversal of the direction olfdfeed of the slide relatively to the other s i e.

9. In -a tool slide mechanism, a support,

va tool slide mounted lto reciprocate vertbcally', a second tool slidemounted to recip. rocate horizontally, a vertically reciprocating drive rack, a horizontally reciprocating rack member adapted to be reciprocated by said verticalrack member,I and a pair of gears driven by said horizontal rackme'mber adapted to reciprocate said respective tool slides.' i

10. In a tool slide mechanism, a support, a tool slide mounted'to reciprocate vertically, asecond tool slide mounted to reciprocate horizontally, a vertically reciprocating-drive rack, a horizontally reciprocating rack member adapted to be reci rocated by said vertical rack member, andp gears driven Aby said horizo'ntal rack memev ber, and disconnectable drive means between's'aid lastl gears andsai'd slides.

a tool. slide mounted to reciprocate vertia pair of cally, a second tool slide mounted to reciprocate horizontally, a vertlcally reciprocating drive,v rack, a horlzontally reciprocating rack memberadapted "to be reciprocated by said vertical rack member, gearing between said rack member and one of said slides, and change gearing betweenl said rack mem, ber and the other slide.

12. In a. tool slide mechanism, a support, a tool slide mounted tol reciprocate vertically, a second tool' slide mounted to reciprocate horizontally, a vertically reciprocat- Aing drive rack, a horizontally reciprocating i rack .member dadapted to be reciprocated bysaid'vertical rack member, gearing between said rack member and one o said slides, and disconnectible gearing between said rack vmember 'and the other slide permitting independent adjustment'. of said slide.

13. In'a tool slide mechanism, a-sup'port, a

tool slide mounted to'reciprocate vertically,

a second tool slide mounted to reciprocate horizontally, a' vertically reciprocatingdrive rack, a'horizontally reciprocatin rack meinber adapted te be reciprocated y said vertical .rack member, gearingbetween said rack member and one of said slides, and change and reversing gearing between said rack member and the other slide.

14. In a' tool slide mechanism, a vertically -movable support, a pair of tool slides mounted to reciprocate thereon in vertical and transverse directions respect1vely, means adapted to impart an initial vertical movement to said support and tool slides as a. unit, and a secondary reciprocating move-` ment in different directions' to said tool slides independently of the support.

15. In a tool slide mechanism, a vertically movable saddle, a plurality of tool slides mounted to reciprocate thereon, a rack carried by said saddle, gearing carried by said horizontal-tool slide mounted to reciprocate on said saddle, a rack carried by said saddle,

gearing carried by aid Saddle meshing with u said rack and adapted to reciprocate said tooll slides simultaneously in vertical `and horizontal directions respectively, means vadapted to reciprocate saidrack, andmeans adaptedlto lock said rack to said saddle and to release it at a predetermined point, and

whereby `initial reciprocatory'movement is imparted to said saddle'and tool'slides asla unit, and secondary movement is imparted.

to said tool slides independently of the saddle. 17. In a tool slide mechanism,a vertically vmovable saddle, a vertically reciprocating tool slide and a horizontally reciprocatin tool slidemounted thereon, means .ada teA to reciprocate saidA saddle 'a predetermined distance, means common to said tol slides adapted to be driven by'said last means and whereby said ltool slides are reciprocated independently of the saddle at the end of the predetermined movement of the saddle, and means for' adjustingthe predetermined point at which said saddle movement -`ceases'- and'- said independent tool slides movement starts.

18. In a machine of the character deiA scribed, a stationarypedestal, a cam mounted thereon, a work carrier mounted to rotate about said pedestal, a vertically reciprocat' ing saddle mounted on said column, a vertically -reciprocating tool slide mounted on said saddle, means .actuated through said.

cam through thel rotation of said carrier adapted to reciprocate said saddle and tool slideA as a unit for a predetermined initial period, a nd adapted to reciprocate said tool slide independently of said saddle at the end of said predetermined initial-period.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county 'of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 6th day of February, A.'D. 1924.

'EDWARD i?. BULLARnJn. 

